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Questions Persist in Deadly Metro-North Crash: Officials

Commuter Train Strikes SUV in Westchester County

Six people were killed and 12 others injured after a Metro-North commuter train crashed into a sport-utility vehicle in New York’s Westchester county Tuesday evening. Officials had earlier said seven people died in the accident. Photo: AP.

National Transportation Safety Board officials said early Wednesday evening that the fire that engulfed the Metro-North train Tuesday night was apparently fueled by gasoline from the Mercedes sport-utility vehicle it had struck at a rail crossing in Valhalla, in New York’s Westchester County. But what ignited the blaze is still unclear, officials said.

Robert Sumwalt, speaking for the NTSB, said officials looking into the accident that killed six people were investigating the crossing-gate signals, lighting and the alignment...